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Cinque Terre

Rank:

Top 300

Wonder Type: Cultural

Country: Italy

Best of: Terraces, Villages, Trekking, Seascape

Description:

The Ligurian coast between Cinque Terre and Portovenere is a cultural landscape of great scenic and cultural value. The layout and disposition of the small towns and the shaping of the surrounding landscape, overcoming the disadvantages of a steep, uneven terrain, encapsulate the continuous history of human settlement in this region over the past millennium. [More Details]

This article uses material from UNESCO World Heritage List article "Cinque Terre", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 3.0 IGO License.